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NJ norwood vocab 1
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6th Grade
12/01/2011

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Term
apparel
Definition

v- to clothe n- clothing

syn- n- garments v- undress

sen His apparels made him look like a movie star.

Term
besiege
Definition

v- to attack by surrounding with a military force

syn- encircle

sen-US besieged other countries and won all wars.

 

Term
compress
Definition

v- to press together

syn- shrink, shorten

ant- expand, eblarge

sen- I compressed the suitcase and fit all my cloth.

Term
denounce
Definition

v- condemn openly

syn- sensure

ant- hail

sen- The president was denounced for the cause of losing a war.

Term
dispatch
Definition

n,v- to send off to kill

syn- slay

ant-recall

sen-nhe dispatched poor people to slay rich people.

Term
douse
Definition

v- to plunge into liquid

syn- soak

ant- dry out

sen- He doused the shirt to clean it.

Term
expressly
Definition

adv- plainly

syn- clearly

ant- accidently

sen- He explained it so expressly.

Term
famished
Definition

adj-suffering from hunger

syn- ravenous, hungry, starving

ant- satisfied, full

sen- He was famished and he coudn't take it anymore.

Term
forsake
Definition

v- to give up

syn- disown

ant- keep

sen- He had to forsake all his bad habbits.

Term
gainful
Definition

adj- profitable

syn- paying

ant-unrewarding

sen-The company had a gainful buisness

Term
immense
Definition

adj- very large

syn- vast, enormous

ant- small, tiny, minute

sen- That tiger is immense!

Term
inept
Definition

adj- totally without skill

syn- clumsy, unskilled, bungling

ant-nskillful

sen- Inept workers get less tip.

Term
ingenious
Definition

adj- showing remarkable originality

syn-resourceful

ant- unoriginal

sen- It was ingenious for him to use the texbook!

Term
instantaneous
Definition

adj- done in instan

syn- quick, speedy

ant-delayed, slow

sen- He threw the ball instantaneously.

Term
irk
Definition

v- to annoy

syn-vex

ant-please

sen- He irks everyone!

 

Term
libel
Definition

n,v- written statement that unfairly harms a person

syn-mbother, irritate, vex

sen The libel made him sheepish everytime he sat down. 

Term
misgiving
Definition

n- feeling of fear

syn- worry

ant- confidence, assurance

sen: The team had a misgiving of not making it to the playoffs.

Term
oaf
Definition

n- a stupid person

syn- bonehead, dunce, clod, lout

sen- Oafs are inept thinkers.

Term
recede
Definition

v- to go backward

syn-retreat, ebb

ant- come closer

sen- Because of unindependence the Shangs were receded in economy.

Term
repast
Definition

n- meal

syn- victuals

sen- I had very little amount of repasts in a week.

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